Early non-surgery treatment for ectropion after blepharoplasty

Abstract:

Objective：To investigate a non-surgical method for treating ectropion caused by lower-blepharoplasty at the early stage. Methods：Firstly，the elastic tape was used to tract and to fix the lower eyelid skin after blepharoplsty as early as possible. Secondly，if the ectropion was not corrected entirely after 14 d，triamcinolone acetonide（10 mg/ml） should be locally injected into the lower-eye－lid combined with using elastic tape. Results：Totally 15 cases（20 eyes） with mild to moderate ectropion underwent the treatment and all eyes obtained good outcome without ectropion. Conclusion：Mild to moderate ectropion caused by lower-blepharoplasty can be corrected by non-surgical treatment at the early stage. Elastic traction combined with triamcinolone acetonide is a simle，safe，effective method.